Whether your intellectual curiosity brings you into the library or the laboratory, across town or across the ocean, the Undergraduate Research Center (URC) at Occidental College provides resources to support your research, scholarship, and creative work.
Undergraduate research is a hallmark of an Occidental education. The URC supports equitable and inclusive programs that foster students’ intellectual curiosity, autonomy, and responsibility; and facilitate close faculty-student mentoring relationships.
Student Resources
- Academic Year Funding for Projects & Travel is available across the College to support student research projects, including both travel to academic conferences and travel to research sites.
- Oxy Summer Research Fellowships support sustained independent research mentored by Oxy faculty, including for Oxy’s nationally recognized Summer Research Program.
Students interested in off-campus research fellowships and opportunities should consult the Council on Undergraduate Research’s Student Resource Center, the National Science Foundation’s search for an REU Site, and contact urc@oxy.edu.
Faculty Resources
The URC also supports faculty mentoring through professional development opportunities, and supports faculty research and creative activity through the Student Research Assistantship program and with supplemental student funding for Faculty Sponsored Research.
Watch this video to learn more about the Undergraduate Research Center’s flagship program: the annual Summer Research Program.
Calendar of important dates and deadlines (2025-26)
| All URC funding applications are due by 5:00 PM local time on the specified due date | |
|---|---|
| September 12 | Fall Student Research Assistantship Program (SRAP) Deadline |
| September 22 | ASP Fall Projects Deadline for Priority Funding |
| October 20 | ASP Fall Projects Final Deadline |
| October 23 | ASP Research Travel Deadline for Winter Break Projects |
| November 4 | Science Scholars Fellowship Application Opens |
| November 17 | Science Scholars Fellowship Deadline |
| December 2 | Winter Break Student Research Assistantship Program (SRAP) Deadline |
| December 11 | Fall 2025 ASP Deadlines for Final Report |
| December 12 | ASP Spring Projects Deadline for Priority Funding |
| January 16 | ASP Research Travel Deadline for Spring Break Projects |
| January 20 | Spring Student Research Assistantship Program Deadline |
| February 2 | Summer Research Program Fellowships Deadline |
| February 13 | ASP Spring Projects Final Deadline |
| March 16 | Deadline for Identification of Faculty-Sponsored SRP Participants |
| March 16 | Research Early Access Program (REAP) Applications Due |
| March 26 | ASP Research Travel Deadline for Summer Break Projects |
| April 6 | ASP Conference Travel Deadline for 2025-26 AY requests |
| May 8 | Spring 2026 ASP Deadlines for Final Report |
